East Asia and Pacific Compared by People > Literacy > Total population

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Literacy, which includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.
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Gibraltar: above 80% (2013)

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	North Korea	100%	2013
=2	Japan	99%	2013
=2	Tonga	99%	2013
=2	New Zealand	99%	2013
=2	Australia	99%	2013
6	Samoa	98.8%	2013
7	South Korea	97.9%	2013
8	Mongolia	97.4%	2013
9	Taiwan	96.1%	2013
10	Singapore	95.9%	2013
=11	Brunei	95.4%	2013
=11	Philippines	95.4%	2013
13	China	95.1%	2013
=14	Fiji	93.7%	2013
=14	Marshall Islands	93.7%	2013
16	Thailand	93.5%	2013
17	Vietnam	93.4%	2013
18	Malaysia	93.1%	2013
19	Indonesia	92.8%	2013
20	Burma	92.7%	2013
21	Palau	92%	2013
22	Federated States of Micronesia	89%	2013
23	Solomon Islands	84.1%	2013
24	Vanuatu	83.2%	2013
25	Cambodia	73.9%	2013
26	Laos	72.7%	2013
27	Papua New Guinea	62.4%	2013
28	East Timor	58.3%	2013

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